That’s right: the library has teamed up with University Information Technology and T-Mobile to allow students to checkout mobile hotspot devices. These hotspots are available at the Marriott Library for a free three-day checkout to current University of Utah students, staff, and faculty. Patrons can use...
The Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library is pleased to announce our 2016 community workshop series! Over the course of the year, we’re offering various classes in encaustics, paper decoration, letterpress printing, leather binding and much more. Guest instructors include Julianna Christie, Karen...
These days almost anybody can make a movie. People capture single moments on their phones or edit complex masterpieces with affordable, high quality equipment and post them online for fellow hobbyists and entertainment seekers to look at and discuss....
Did you know that through the Marriott Library’s subscription to Swank Digital Campus over two hundred studio films and documentaries are available to view for any University of Utah student, staff or faculty? Films in the Swank Digital Campus database have been requested by U of...
Peggy Fletcher Stack, journalist, author, and religion editor at the Salt Lake Tribune, is this year’s Neale Nelson Memorial Lecture. As The Salt Lake Tribune's senior religion writer, Peggy has covered religion from every possible angle — institutionally, spiritually, emotionally, and socially. She has explored...
This week, Jordan Hanzon (an employee here at the Marriott Library) explores the Makerspace. For other videos click here. ...
We are delighted to welcome Todd Samuelson, Ph.D. as the new Assistant Director of Special Collections. Todd comes to us from the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas A&M University, where he served as Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts and Director of the...
The Linda Sarver papers (http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv56265) consist of her costume designs and renderings, along with production materials created for several theatrical plays during her professional career as a costume designer. Included in the collection are professional and academic appointment materials such as curriculum vitae, book publishing...
Did you know that the Marriott Library houses honeybee hives? In 2013, after being approached by the U of U’s Beekeeping Association, the library found a spot for several hives that are maintained by students and faculty at the U. Over the past couple of years,...
During spring semester of 2014, in Art 4695 Sustainable Design Practice, graphic design student Tony Chin developed a new set of graphics for the quad recycling bins located in the Marriott Library. The idea was that with a more innovative approach to the design, more...